Aeronautical Engineering
About the Department
The Department of Aeronautical Engineering with well qualified and experienced team of faculty members with varied specializations in Aeronautical Engineering stream is committed to provide quality education by innovative teaching-learning processes. The activities of the department are governed by various committees such as Board of Studies and Department Advisory Board in which the external expert members are drawn from educational institutions, industries and research centres of repute and the curriculum is periodically reviewed on pace with the global industrial scenario. Introduction of the Choice Based Credit System enables the students to select the courses of his/her choice in various inter disciplinary areas of engineering. The department has state-of-the-art infrastructure and laboratory facilities providing conducive learning environment to the students and research scholars. The ongoing industry consultancy services and research projects motivate students to learn beyond the curriculum and carry out innovative projects. Various Associations and professional bodies are actively involved in promoting co-curricular and extracurricular activities, to hone the leadership qualities of the students. Internship in the leading industries and research centres such as HAL, NAL, ADA, ADE, DRDO etc provide an opportunity to learn the latest developments in the field of Aeronautical Engineering.
From the HOD’s Desk
Dr. M. Senthilkumar,
Assistant Professor III & Head
Our undergraduate programme covers the major domains of Aeronautical Engineering such as Aerodynamics, Aircraft Structures, Aircraft Propulsion, Flight Mechanics, Avioinics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The faculty expertise in multiple disciplines and the laboratories equipped with state of the art facilities to cater to the needs of curriculum, research oriented projects and industry consultancy services which are the keys to our success in grooming industry ready students.
Vision
To attain excellence and global reputation in Aeronautical Engineering Education and Research.
Mission
- The department is committed to provide quality education in Aeronautical Engineering to students to build their career and do quality research and thus contribute to the field of Aviation and Aerospace.
- The department aims to prepare students for their higher studies and research to contribute to the advanced technological needs of Aeronautical engineering.
- Encourage faculty to update their knowledge and teaching-learning process through continuous learning.
- Undertake inter-disciplinary research to contribute and support the industry.
Dr. M. Senthilkumar
Assistant Professor III & HoD
Dr. M. Senthil Kumar has completed his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry and M.E in Aeronautical Engineering from Park College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore respectively in 2005 and 2007. He has also completed MBA in Human Resource Management from Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore in 2011. He is now pursuing his Ph.D. from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Anna University-Chennai. He has published more than 50 research articles in International Journals and Conference Proceedings. He has thirteen years of teaching and research experiences and currently, he holds the post of Assistant Professor (SRG) in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Senthil Kumar. M has secured distinction (94%) in Tamil Literary examination in Karaikal and He is interested in Tamil Literature and History.
Dr. K. Sundararaj
Professor
Dr. Sundararaj K has totally twenty-two years of teaching experience and specialized in the areas such as Engineering Mechanics, Gas Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control, Heat Transfer, and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
He is the Fellow of Institution of Engineers and he is elected as a committee of Aerospace Division, IE Coimbatore Chapter. He is also the life member of professional bodies such as The Aeronautical Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Indian Society of Systems Science and Engineering (ISSE). He has published thirty technical papers in the leading journal and conferences.
Dr. Sundararaj has supported Consultancy Projects undertaken with DRDL in the areas of High-Speed Aerodynamics, Trisonic Wind Tunnel, Wind Turbines. He has undertaken Industry consultancy Projects in Aerospace and Non-Aerospace Industrial Applications.
Dr. P S. Prem Kumar
Associate Professor
Dr. P. S. Premkumar is very unique in handling situations. His eagerness in equipping himself and in updating his skills, he has presented his research papers in various International Conferences within India and outside the country. He frequently visits different countries to improve his technical skills as well as to learn their professional ethics and cultural importance. He has a rich blend of creativity, temperament and discipline required for a person who likes to be in International partnership department. He has a good problem solving ability. He possesses good leadership qualities, keen sense of responsibility in pursuing and completing the tasks allotted to him. He has shown intelligence, motivation, perseverance and analytical aptitude in teaching and in research work. He has one ongoing central government funded project to his credit. He has completed three government-funded projects. He is extremely co-operative and possesses strong ethical work culture and the capacity to contribute positively while working as part of a team. Apart from being an excellent teacher, he is a very good leader as well as a strong team player. He is the faculty coordinator for KCT PG Forum which is a unique forum for the professional and personal development of our Post Graduate students. He is faculty in-charge of KCT SEDS club (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space). With his mentorship, KCT SEDS club has performed best among the other SEDS Club of various institutions. He organizes Space exhibitions & design contests for the students in this region and inculcates the interest in students.
Dr. J. Darshankumar
Assistant Professor III
- Dr. J. Darshankumar highly skilled professional with 13 years of experience in teaching, research, and industrial consultancy. Passionate & expertise in the areas of drones, aircraft systems, and avionics.
- Successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Published more than 20 papers in National/International journal. Having strong connections with Aero based industries, corporates, professional forums and delivered invited lectures.
- I provide valuable guidance to start-ups and drones-based companies and organize national-level events and skill development activities.
Mr. R. Arun Kumar
Assistant Professor II
Mr. R. Arun Kumar, Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, KCT, graduated with a Masters in Manufacturing Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. With more than 10 years of teaching experience, his areas of interests are Aircraft Production Techniques, Aviation Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Engineering Graphics and Computer Aided Design. He has also served as Class Advisor, Mentor and Exam Co-ordinator in the department and his research interests include 3D Printing and Composite materials manufacturing. His hobbies are reading books, listening to good music and playing cricket.
Mr. R. Arul Prakash
Assistant Professor II
Mr. R. Arul Prakash is an enthusiastic professional working in KCT for the past 9 years .He wishes to excel in the chosen professional field through self-motivation, hard work and augmentation of core skills required to effectively deliver goods. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in the field of Thermal Engineering.
Mr. K. Naveen Kumar
Assistant Professor II
Mr. K. Naveen Kumar is a dedicated teacher with a strong work ethic and a commitment to excellence in teaching and research activities. Skillfully manages lectures and promotes open classroom discussions. He has 1.5 years of research experience and 9 years of teaching experience in the field of structures. He is Interested in social activities and he is one of the program officers for NSS,VBC and RRC clubs of KCT.
Mr. G. Raj Kumar
Assistant Professor II
Mr. G. Rajkumar is pursuing his Ph.D in Development and Characterization of Aluminum Foams with Nano Composite Materials. He handles subjects like Composite materials and structures, Aircraft Structures-II, Vibration and Aeroelasticity,Experimental Stress Analysis,Theory of Elasticity and Mechanics of Solids.
Mr. R. Vijayanandh
Assistant Professor II
Mr. R. Vijayanandh has been academically specialized to handle Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based Theory and Practical courses and is experienced to compute Fluid-Structure Interactive based Problems. He is a Master of Engineering degree holder from MIT, Anna University, Chennai, and also pursuing his Doctoral Degree from the same institution. He has more than eight years of collegiate teaching experience and published more than fifty Scopus indexed publications. He is serving as Review Editor of Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Frontiers in Future Transportation, and also serving as Guest Editor in Materials, MDPI. Apart from these, he has been contributed as NAAC-Criteria-III-Aero-Department Co-coordinator, NBA-Criteria-VII Coordinator, and Institutional Level NIRF-Criteria-II Co-coordinator.
UG – B.E. Aeronautical Engineering 4 Years (8 Semesters)
- The undergraduate program imparts students with mastery in the field of aeronautical engineering.
- This program is designed to prepare the graduate for an entry-level position in aeronautical and related fields and for further education at the master’s level.
- The formal learning in the program builds a conceptual understanding in the foundational engineering sciences and professional subjects that span the topics critical to aeronautical. The skills and attributes emphasized go beyond the formal classroom curriculum and include: modeling, design, the ability for self education, computer literacy, communication and teamwork skills, ethics, and—underlying all of these—appreciation for and understanding of interfaces and connectivity between various disciplines.
- Professional area subjects in the four areas of Fluid Mechanics, Materials and Structures, Propulsion, and Computational Tools represent the advanced aerospace disciplines encompassing the design and construction of airframes and engines. Topics within these disciplines include fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, heat and mass transfer, computational mechanics, flight vehicle aerodynamics, solid mechanics, structural design and analysis, the study of engineering materials, structural dynamics, and propulsion and energy conversion from both fluid/thermal (gas turbines and rockets) and electrical devices.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)
The Program Educational Objectives of Aeronautical Engineering Undergraduate Program are to prepare the students:
- To pursue a successful profession in leading organizations.
- To pursue postgraduate degrees and conduct research at leading technological universities to contribute to the advancement in the field of Aviation and Aerospace industries.
- To continue their professional development by utilizing educational and career building opportunities through their employer, educational institutions, or professional bodies.
Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)
Graduates of the Aeronautical Engineering Undergraduate Program will have the ability to:
- PSO 1: Apply fundamental principles of Aerodynamics, Structures, Propulsion, Materials, and Avionics to provide solutions to aerospace and non-aerospace industrial problems.
- PSO 2: Use the software packages in the design, manufacturing, testing and maintenance of aeronautical and aerospace-based components and systems.
- Received a project grant of Rs. 9.5 Lakhs from DRDL, DRDO , 2022
- Received a project grant of Rs. 47 Lakhs from the UAS Panel, AR&DB, DRDO, for Micro gas turbine research, 2023
- Signed MOU with Garuda Aerospace, Chennai during May 2023
- Signed MOU with Data Patterns Private Limited, Chennai during June 2023
- Received a project grant of Rs. 64 Lakhs from the Aerodynamics Panel, AR&DB, DRDO, to advance aerodynamics research, 2024
- Attained Autonomous status 2008
- MoU with NAL 2010
- Implementation of OBE 2014
- Permanent Anna university affiliation 2018
- MoU with Vales Marines and Aerostat 2019
- Accredited by NBA- December 2019
- AICTE Approved MTech Defence Technology July 2021
- Signed MOU with Unitek Hydraulics-July2021
- Signed MOU with Valeth Hitech Composites Pvt Ltd During December 2021
- Signed MOU with Nextleap Aeronautics during January 2022
| S.No | Name of the lab | Area of each lab | Total equipment costs of each lab | Equipment list in each lab |
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| 1 | Low speed Aerodynamics Laboratory | 181.16 sq.m | 18, 07,500 |
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| 2 | High speed Aerodynamics Laboratory | 168.31 sq.m | 38,66,973 |
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| 3 | Aircraft structures Laboratory | 181.16.sq.m | 34,73,922 |
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| 4 | Propulsion Laboratory | 181.16. sq.m | 24,05,633 |
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| 5 | Aero Design & Analysis Laboratory | 82 sq.m | 35,45,096 |
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| 6 | Aircraft Systems Laboratory | 132 sq.m | 21,47,713 |
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| 7 | Airframe and Aero engine maintenance laboratory/Hangar | 168.31 sq.m | 1,02,95,286 |
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs):
- With growing applications in logistics, surveillance, and inspection, UAV technology is crucial for sectors needing efficient, unmanned solutions, especially as autonomy and regulatory frameworks expand.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):
- As industries demand faster, more accurate simulations for product design, CFD remains essential for cost-effective, high-fidelity aerodynamic and fluid flow analyses, critical for development in aerospace and energy sectors.
High-Speed Flows:
- The need for innovations in supersonic and hypersonic travel and defense applications makes understanding high-speed flow dynamics a priority, pushing advancements in high-speed aircraft and propulsion technologies.
Composite Materials:
- With increasing focus on sustainability, lightweight composites are essential in creating fuel-efficient and durable vehicles, making them indispensable for aerospace, automotive, and renewable energy applications.
Areas of Research
- Unmanned Aerial vehicle
- Natural fibre composites
- Wind turbine aerodynamics
- Fluid structure interaction
- Space propulsion
- Multi-disciplinary design optimization of aerospace vehicles
- Computational and experimental aerodynamics
- Unsteady gas dynamics/ Shock tube experiments
Student Association of Department of Aeronautical engineering
The student association of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering is actively involved in conducting various events regularly to improve the participation in the Co-curricular and Extra curricular activities by all the students. All the students of the department are members of the association, who will elect the office bearers such as President, treasurer etc. Both the inter collegiate and collegiate level programs are regularly conducted by inviting the resource persons from the renowned organizations. The association also utilizes the services of the alumni for career development programs.
Club activities
Aeromodelling club indulge in nurturing creativity in students through designing and fabricating powered and non-powered miniaturized aircrafts. Remote controlled mini drones are built using Balsa, teak and foam with appropriate electronics. Workshops are conducted for the students on Quadcopter designing and flying. Students participate in various National level flying competitions with the support of aeromodelling club. Students are taught with the aircraft and drone modelling from the scratch with a hands-on training.
As part of Aeromodelling club activities, State level flying competition was conducted for school students. More than 20 schools participated in the event.
Event was categorized in to four groups
- RC flying
- Chuck glider
- Caterpillar
- Control lane model
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Beyond the obvious
SEDS INDIA is an organization run by students through various chapters in India for space exploration and research. SEDS KCT comes under the directions of SEDS INDIA. Students explore new ideas in the field of Space research. It is a chapter based organization with chapters throughout India, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Goal
Space is infinite and it is not as easy studying a nutshell. So, SEDS KCT ensures students multiply their knowledge about space and its living and persuades them to take up different space projects.
Faculty In charge : Dr. Premkumar P.S.
President: Janarthanan V
Milestones
- Participated in the National level SEDS VIT’s event, Astra 2019.
- 54 Members were taken to ISRO-SHAR Visit by SEDS KCT.
- Attended Indian Space Conclave at VIT, Vellore with 52 students and won third prize in Paper Presentation.
- Papers Presented from KCT in Indian Space Conclave, VIT.
- Space radiation shielding using highly hydrogenated materials
- The use of Space technologies on Earth
- Energy from outer space by the use of Hybrid solar cells
- Solar sail
Significant events
- Kosmorena
What’s in for 2019 – 2020
- SEDS Talk Series
- Abdul Kalam birthday celebration
- Spark off
- Kosmorena’19
- Einstein’s birthday celebration
- Mercury transit live telecast
- Solar eclipse – live telecast
- Vikram sarabhai centenary celebration
- SEDS VIT astra 2020 NIT syneryg- water rocketry
- Ingenium, Energia – NIT Projects
- Sounding Rocketry Projecticle tracker
- Detailed Study of sun spots
- Mechanism/process to eliminate space debris
- Telescope automation KCT – Weather report
| Financial Year | Name of faculty (Chief Consultant) | Client Organization | Title of Consultancy of project | Amount received in the stipulated year(in Rupees) |
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| 2023-24 | Dr. P. S. Premkumar | Design of variable Mach number nozzle system for Trisonic Wind Tunnel | Aerodynamics Panel, AR&DB, DRDO | 63,61,400 |
| 2022-23 | Dr. P. S. Premkumar | Performance Improvement of Micro Propulsion System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) | UAS Panel, AR&DB, DRDO | 46,82,000 |
| 2021-22 | Dr. P. S. Premkumar | Design of Transonic Test Section for Tri-Sonic Wind Tunnel | DRDL, DRDO | 9,44,000 |
| 2020-21 | Dr. P. S. Premkumar, | ADE,DRDO-ADP1 | Ice accretion prediction over UAV wings by CFD simulations | Rs. 8.96 Lakhs |
| Ms. S. Kiruthika | CAS, Hyderabad | Comparative Study of Manufacturing Processes to Develop Canister Dome Shroud | Rs. 6.86 Lakhs | |
| Ms. S. Kiruthika | ADE, Bangalore | Engineering of Gas Turbine for Small UAVs | Rs. 8.85 Lakhs | |
| Ms. S. Kiruthika | Melz Indcosys Solutions, Coimbatore | Design and FE Analysis on a Vibration test fixture 1. AALH Rework | Rs. 37,800 | |
| 2018-19 | Ms. S. Kiruthika, Aero Department, KCT | High Precision Industry, Coimbatore | FEA Analysis of HPI Designed Brake Disc | Rs. 3.1 lakhs |
| Melz Indcosys Solutions, Coimbatore | Modal Analysis of TATA Digital car | Rs. 55,000 | ||
| Modal Analysis of TATA XENON | Rs. 55,000 | |||
| Modal Analysis of kawashaki FLS9307 | Rs. 55,000 | |||
| Modal Analysis of Magnetic pickup sensor | Rs. 65,000 | |||
| AALH Rework | Rs. 35,000 | |||
| Modal Analysis of FPM Top Mount pump Test Fixture | Rs. 40,000 | |||
| Modal Analysis of JCB Test Fixture | Rs. 40,000 | |||
| Modal Analysis of a Vibration-Test Fixture | Rs. 41,300 | |||
| Raj Conbuild Limited, Delhi | Consultancy analysis services for Micro Tunnel Boring Machine | Rs. 4.543 lakhs | ||
| 2017-18 | Mr. K. Balaji, Aero Department, KCT | DRDL, Hyderabad | CFD Analysis of Settling Chamber of a trisonic Wind Tunnel | Rs. 9.84 lakhs |
| Trident Pneumatics Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore | CFD Analysis of Desiccant Chamber to economize the chamber size and quantity of desiccant used | Rs. 1.77 lakhs | ||
| Ms. S. Kiruthika, Aero Department, KCT | DRDL, Hyderabad | Development of copper tulip liner for choosing appropriate manufacturing process based on FE simulation | Rs. 9.87 lakhs | |
| Pricol Ltd, Coimbatore | Dynamic Analysis of a Vibration Fixture using FEM | Rs. 1.5 lakhs |
| Branch | Total No. of students registered for placements | Total No. of students placed | ||||||||
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| B.E. Aeronautical Engineering | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| 43 | 39 | 40 | 47 | 46 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 26 | 48 | |
- Nextleap Aeronautics Pvt. Ltd., Chennai (MoU)
- Garuda Aerospace, Chennai (MoU)
- Data Patterns Private Limited, Chennai (MoU)
- Capgemini Technology Services India Limited, (MoU) (Under progress)
- Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited, Chennai (MoU) (Under progress)
- CUMI Carborundum Universal Limited (MoU) (Under progress)
- Valeth high tech composite private limited (MoU)
- Nextleap aeronautics limited, Bangalore (MoU)
- Altair, Bangalore (Training partnership)
- National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore (MOU)
- Sri Sai Aerotech, Chennai (MoU)
- P3 group, Bangalore (Training partnership)
- Aerostat, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
- Valles marineris international private limited